PAX West 2016 Picks
PAX West was last weekend, and it had a hefty indie presence. Expect more coverage of the games I saw at PAX in the near future, but for now here's a glimpse of what the show had to offer.
Antihero
Windows, OSX, iOS, Android | $TBA | Release TBA (Soon)
This game is a touchscreen-friendly, turn-based strategy game about building a crime empire. Set in the streets of a town one might find in a Charles Dickens novel, it features a variety of units with different abilities. Some can be upgraded, but if an upgraded unit falls, the resources spent on those upgrades can't be recovered. Developer Tim Conkling has put quite a bit of depth into it.
Asura
Windows | $TBA | Release TBA (Soon)
Developer Ogre Head Studios is a two-person operation based in India. This upcoming roguelite is loosely inspired by Indian myths and has a lot of procedural generation, including a procedurally generated skill tree. Each wedge on the tree is geared toward a set play style, but the exact skills offered vary from playthrough to playthrough.
Blasters of the Universe
VR (Vive w/ Windows) | $15 | Early Access now
This is one of the most fun games I played at PAX. I'm awful at traditional bullet hell shooters because I am awful at dodging the bullets, but in VR, it's all very intuitive. Developer The Secret Location was demoing a boss fight against the game's villain, a guy who got so excited about VR during its first wave of interest that he put himself into the world of VR. Now that VR...
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